[TowerTalk] Isolated tower ground

[Gary Schafer]

Exactly right. But be sure to bond the tower ground system to the house
ground system, it  is required by code to be bonded. Extending one of the
tower radials to the house ground system will work fine.

73
Gary  K4FMX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of EZ
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:03 PM
> To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Isolated tower ground
> 
> Hey Mario,
> 
> I think you're going to want to have the tower have its own system of
> radials and ground rods...several radials with ground rods spaced twice
> their depth apart (the usual).  I can't see how it could hurt to have an
> additional ground radial that runs in the trench with your coax and
> connects
> the tower to the house ground.  Other than the expense of it.
> 
> Chris
> KF7P
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mario" <marionow at gmail.com>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:56 AM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Isolated tower ground
> 
> 
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> >
> >
> > I plan to erect the new tower. It would be a 60' + 10' mast on the
> top.
> > Currently working on grounding system for station and I came across a
> lot
> > of
> > posts and articles.  My initial plan was to bond the tower with the
> house
> > grounding system and entrance point, until I have found W8JI article
> about
> > grounding station http://www.w8ji.com/house_ground_layouts.htm . He
> says:
> >
> >
> >
> > "If the tower or antenna is near the house, it is better to bond it
> in. If
> > the tower if more than 50 feet away, it might as well be isolated on
> its
> > own
> > ground because the impedance will likely be too high to be an
> effective
> > bond."
> >
> >
> >
> > In my case the tower would be 170+ feet away from the house. Just
> looking
> > for other opinions/thoughts.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Mario
> >
> > KC8P
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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